Barcelona is an open, cosmopolitan city, where social cohesion is a reality. The Catalan capital is also ranked among the best cities in the world for quality of life, safety and equality. It is a city that is easy to live in, a healthy city with a Mediterranean climate, green spaces and locally produced food. Living in Barcelona ensures a good quality of life.
A good climate
Education
Beaches
Sport
Neighbourhoods
Social cohesion
Health
Natural spaces
Food and drink
Its mild climate means Barcelona is one of the European cities with the best quality of life.
Barcelona has a high quality education system, from nursery schools to universities and higher education.
Barcelona's beaches are very safe, the sea is usually calm and the water temperature means you can bathe from spring to autumn.
The people in Barcelona are big sports enthusiasts. And here you can do sport either outdoors or in the numerous sports centres spread around the city's neighbourhoods.
If you want to get to know Barcelona, you need to visit its neighbourhoods, its streets and get close to its people.
The Catalan capital is ranked among the best cities in the world for quality of life, safety and equality.
The city has good healthcare and medical services, both public and private.
Barcelona has big green spaces, including its urban and hill parks.
Creative, good quality and healthy are words that describe the city's cuisine, which is based on the Mediterranean diet.
Health and healthcare in Barcelona
All the information you need on health issues is included in a very useful website that shows you all the city's health centres and the services they offer.
Visit www.bcn.cat/salut
Barcelona's social services
There is a website containing all the information on Barcelona's social services.
Troba’t B
This programme gives you ideas for free sport in Barcelona to keep you healthy.
Visit www.bcn.cat/trobatb
Sports circuits round Barcelona
Suggested routes for running or walking round the city while doing some sport.
Visit www.bcn.cat/trobatb
Barcelona Medical Centre
This is a first-class integrated medical service offered by the twenty most reputable and internationally renowned healthcare centres in Barcelona.
Visit www.bcn.cat/trobatb
Activa’t
This is a physical exercise and health programme held n Barcelona's parks and gardens.
Visit www.bcn.cat/tobatb
Gymnastic and recreational Circuits
This is a free service that offers everyone the opportunity to do sport at any time of the day.
Visit www.bcn.cat/trobatb
Tibidabo Amusement Park
Tibidabo is a magical place and landmark in Barcelona. It is a constantly evolving Centennial Park which hosts more than 25 attractions for all ages, shows and entertainment front which makes traveling the route of attraction attraction in a show over the
Visit www.tibidabo.cat
Barcelona has its own lifestyle that makes it unique around the world. Its Mediterranean character encourages visitors to go to its neighbourhoods and meet its people, to visit its beaches and natural spaces, as well as enjoy their leisure time with a vast range of cultural, culinary and shopping options to choose from.
There are numerous green spaces, parks and gardens spread all over the city, and over 300,000 trees in its streets and avenues.Close by are the 8,000 hectares of Parc de Collserola, one of the biggest natural spaces in the world next to a city.
Barcelona's beaches, stretching over 4 kilometres, are the most-used leisure spaces in the metropolitan area. They attract nearly nine million visitors a year, thanks to their high safety and hygiene standards and the facilities they offer.
The city has good health and medical services, both public and private, as well as a quality education system running from nursery schools to universities and higher studies.
What's more, Catalonia's capital is the only major European city with beaches inside its municipal boundaries, while its parks, hills and mountains make it an ideal spot for enjoying the outdoors and walking or cycling round. Barcelona's beaches are very safe, the sea is usually calm and the water temperature means you can bathe from spring to autumn.
They start from the sailing and fishing neighbourhood of Barceloneta, next to Port Vell, the old port, and run along the entire shore to the Fòrum, at the northernmost tip of the Barcelona coastline.
Aside from its beaches, Barcelona has some large green spaces, including urban and hill parks, botanical gardens, mazes and magical locations like Park Güell. The city is ideally situated between sea and mountain, and its leisure options are supplemented by those of the Costa Brava, Figueres and Dalí, the Pyrenees, and PortAventura, as well as many others.
Barcelona, una ciutat mediterrània per gaudir-ne
Explore the map at a click for Barcelona at its most iconic.
Located in the north-east of the Iberian peninsula, it’s a very well connected city.
Barcelona would not be Barcelona without its Mediterranean nature.
